Library / English Dictionary

SUPERSCRIPTION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The activity of superscribing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("superscription" is a kind of...):

inscription (the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words)

Derivation:

superscribe (write on the outside or upper part of)

superscribe (write on the top or outside)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An inscription written above something else

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("superscription" is a kind of...):

inscription; lettering (letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something)

Derivation:

superscribe (write on the outside or upper part of)

superscribe (write on the top or outside)

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